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‘I’m proud of being a job hopper’: Seattle engineer’s post about company loyalty goes viral (www.geekwire.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Even assuming that it's all W2, it's a self-resolving problem- if no one will hire you because you're unstable, you stay at the existing job. That works until either you've been there long enough to appear stable, or you find an employer that's not concerned about it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's assuming you don't get laid off, sadly. Ask me how I know.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Being laid off may be seen as a mitigating factor. It's a no-fault termination and can easily be explained to the next hiring manager.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Even if I got laid off twice in a row in six months though? In this market? Both times it was with around half the company as well. One was an acquisition with the new US owner preferring people in India, the other one was a "pivot" after sales sold something that they themselves couldn't really describe.

I didn't get to hiring managers and explanations in the first place. I got told at one point by a hiring manager that they would rather hire some Googler who recently got laid off, since the pipeline is full of those. The fact that six months later they laid said hiring manager off with his team as well does not really make me feel vindicated either.

No worries though, I got my plans sorted out, no better time to get more specialized, go back to uni and get into a niche but growing field I like.